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So you keep 70% of electricity piped from Morocco to the UK.

That sounds bloody swell. I'd pay for that in a heart beat.




The oceans kill it completely, remember two oceans of 100km reduce transfer by 0.75, and thats ignoring all the other problems with the grids on the way.


this is not true with hvdc http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1187920/FULLTEXT0... has an analysis showing single digit percent loss for 500km.




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